Antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy in women: A literature review on the reliability and validity of assessment instruments

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-9

  Dolan, Mairead ^a   Völlm, Birgit ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Female; Psychopathy; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58649119060     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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